Oh, Alastair

✦ June ✦ twenty-five ✦ spoilers | icon magnus bane enthusiast

[kierancfthehunt]

I would like to give Daniel Sharman all the flowers in the garden for his Clockwork Princess narration, especially for his narration of Will. The way he had Will slipping in and out of a Welsh accent depending on who he was talking to and how stressed or comfortable he was in a situation was EXQUISITE. The way his accent became so strong when he was talking to Cecily or he was feeling particularly anxious, but then when he was talking softly to Tessa or in front of the Council it was more British than Welsh... Yeah. Like it was just done so intentionally in a way it wasn't explicit in the text, it really gave you this extra insight into his character. It was fantastic.

[kierancfthehunt]

poor ithuriel couldn't catch a break damn first mortmain then valentine FREE MY ANGEL

[kierancfthehunt]

that scene where will blacks out on woolsey scott when he started talking about how they should let jem die quickly so will can be with tessa and will beats the shit out of him OUGH give it to me INJECT IT

[ivysos2001]

Rereading cob and it’s so funny that clary and jace both spend most of this book watching each others’ interactions with simon and alec and thinking “how tf do you not realize your best friend is in love with you??”

[kierancfthehunt]

to me simon and clary are the parabatai of all time because they were parabatai before they even knew they could ACTUALLY become parabatai officially

[kierancfthehunt]

i am so perpetually and eternally endeared by magnus literally everything he does makes me go 💗💓💞💕💖💘💝❣️💛🤎🤍💙🩵💛💚💚🧡💟💗💓💘💖💕 even when he's being a little bitch

and it's to the point where whenever a character talks to him harshly or any shadowhunter asks him for something without saying please and thank you i get so annoyed LMAO like who do you think you're talking to 🤨 surely not the guy who just saved your life for free 🤨

[kierancfthehunt]

As for my tlh rant...

How do you fumble some of the best characters you've ever created by giving them such a lousy plot and poorly executed story. We could've had it all and instead we got Belial and Lilith war nonsense.

We could've had a character-driven trilogy, we didn't need such an elaborate and convoluted plot. I would've been more than happy to have three books exploring interpersonal relationships with the occasional plot intervention for the sake of expanding on certain themes needed for twp, but reading tlh made me feel like CC thought she needed a plot or else.

The thing is that the characters were SO amazing. The were so complex and charismatic and interesting, and their chemistry and dynamics were so rich, but by the end of chain of thorns it just felt like all of that was lost to the mess that was the story itself. There was just too much going on that took the attention away from the characters and I personally just would have enjoyed it a lot more if the focus remained on them.

Idk. All of this is just my own opinion of course, I'm sure people enjoyed it for what it was, but unfortunately it just disappointed me so bad I can't help but mourn its potential.

[kierancfthehunt]

Actually I think I cracked the code lol my impression is that CC has been focused on twp and tlh was merely a way for her to tie some loose ends so that things in twp made sense. That's why TLH feels so... all over the place. It's like CC's heart wasn't really into it, it was more like a vehicle or device to further develop the story for twp than it was its own thing.

[kierancfthehunt]

man the yearning in TID from all fronts is so peak im afraid CC will never write anything so scrumptious again

[heronchild-haven]

Midnight Heir Era vs TLH Era Heronchild

[kierancfthehunt]

i knew city of fallen angels was my least favourite out of TMI but brother i'm reading it again for the first time since 2013 and it's DRAGGING. CoB to CoG i was hooked and couldn't stop but CoFA i'm just skimming atp

[kierancfthehunt]

reading tid with my yaoi goggles on like god intended

[soelgis]

rereading tsc and it’s very interesting to me how in release order of the books we have this juxtaposition of ty and lucy, both on the different spectrums of necromancy in the shadowhunter world

we leave tda as a series with bitternes from ty attempting to bring livvy back and ultimately tying her to himself but then jump into tlh where lucy gets her happy ending by bringing jesse blackthorn back. moreover, she brings him back without any consequences for her or her family's reputation. which pangs the question of difference between livvy and jesse. is it because of the presence body that it wasn’t considered as awful? or because jesse suffered and his death was unfair (but so was livvy's or any other shadowhunter death). or is it because of lucy's connection to the world of the ghosts? would it be different if kit was the one attempting necromancy, then?

i really hope that cassie dives into it more in the wicked powers because very obviously a lot of things/families parallel each other for a reason. will kit find out about lucy from tessa/jem? especially considering how ty looks so similar to jesse and it’s canonically noted by both tessa and jem.

will kit find out about balckthorn's last breath that saved a herondale once? the same fucking herondale whose gun kit is using now? does he understand how tight the connection is between herondales and blackthorns because of that?

also magnus can we like talk about the fact that you can lash out at 15 year old ty for wanting to bring his twin (!!!) back in a state of grief while fully abandoned by all the adults around him but then be quite chill about lucy bringing a random blackthorn back to life what is this discrimination /j

[kierancfthehunt]

As for my tlh rant...

How do you fumble some of the best characters you've ever created by giving them such a lousy plot and poorly executed story. We could've had it all and instead we got Belial and Lilith war nonsense.

We could've had a character-driven trilogy, we didn't need such an elaborate and convoluted plot. I would've been more than happy to have three books exploring interpersonal relationships with the occasional plot intervention for the sake of expanding on certain themes needed for twp, but reading tlh made me feel like CC thought she needed a plot or else.

The thing is that the characters were SO amazing. The were so complex and charismatic and interesting, and their chemistry and dynamics were so rich, but by the end of chain of thorns it just felt like all of that was lost to the mess that was the story itself. There was just too much going on that took the attention away from the characters and I personally just would have enjoyed it a lot more if the focus remained on them.

Idk. All of this is just my own opinion of course, I'm sure people enjoyed it for what it was, but unfortunately it just disappointed me so bad I can't help but mourn its potential.

[lovebooksforeverever]

Nonsense trigger warning.

James: We're all united here because Thomas has an announcement to make.

Christopher: Before we start, Math, I would also like you to know that your brother Charles is into guys

Matthew: horrified face

James: No, Math, Tom is not doing your brother

Matthew: Thank god. Frowns Wait, what could be worst than doing my brother? Horrified face comes back

Thomas: Hum ã... A lot of things

James: Grace Blackthorn

Christopher: Doing James's father

Everyone: stares at Kit

Thomas: Thanks, Kit. Math... I am doing Alastair

Math: OMG! OMG... Looks at everyone's faces I mean, omg... It's.... Serious? Frowns a one time thing?

Thomas: It's been two years.

A few months later

James: We're all united here today because Kit has an announcement to make.

Everyone: silent

James: Do you want to tell me first? We could go over there and...

Kit: No, I am sorry, James. It's actually about you.

James: horrified silence

Kit: I am dating Grace

James: THANK GOD YOU ARE NOT DOING MY FATHER

[nat-20s]

gotta be honest I think a REAL juicy dynamic is when someone has a True Love and a Soulmate and they are two different people

[nat-20s]

see this person is the love of my life I would follow them anywhere every day is brighter for having them in it. and THIS bastard shares a soul with me we'll find each other in every universe and understand each other in ways no other living being could. neither of us are particularly thrilled about this

[folkloreerathings]

Shadowhunters try not to be in love with your parabatai challenge

[tarotarra]

The Great Poison

Harbinger of Debauchery

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